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Fall Arts Guide 2020

From new TV shows to great books and songs of our time, here’s what to watch, read and listen to this fall

Museum visitors check out Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s artwork, Carpe Fin, on display at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Friday, September 11, 2020. SAM, located in downtown Seattle, reopens to the public Friday, September 11, 2020. The museum was opened to members form September 4 – 7 and now will be open to the public from Friday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Museum goers can make reservations for timed ticketing online at visitsam.org. 75 people are allowed to go into the museum every hour in 30 minute increments. 215035
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Seattle Art Museum is open again. Here’s how the first day went

Kirsten Smith is the screenwriter of fan favorite movies such as “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Legally Blonde.”
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‘Legally Blonde’ screenwriter Kirsten Smith, nostalgic for the Northwest, sets new movie in Seattle

Margaret Atwood, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel “The Testaments.”
Books

Here’s how to hear Margaret Atwood, Jess Walter, Isabel Wilkerson and more at Portland Book Festival

Books

“This Tender Land” by William Kent Krueger

Here’s the New York Times bestseller Moira’s Book Club will read next

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

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People visit the International Fountain at Seattle Center after smoke and rains gave way to perfect weather, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 in Seattle. 215129

What’s there to do this rainy fall weekend?

Music & Nightlife

People visit the International Fountain at Seattle Center after smoke and rains gave way to perfect weather, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 in Seattle. 215129

What’s there to do this rainy fall weekend?

How to submit calendar listings

To be included in the Nightlife and Future File listings, send information to nightlife@seattletimes.com. For Datebook listings, send information to weekend@seattletimes.com.

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Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in the 1998 Steven Soderbergh movie “Out of Sight.”

Why you should watch Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney sizzle in ‘Out of Sight’ | Movies with Moira  WATCH

Theater

The Meany Center for the Performing Arts will stream an excerpt from “S,” a performance from the Brisbane-based company Circa, on its digital stage, Meany On Screen from Oct. 16 to Oct. 23.

UPDATING: Fall 2020 arts events in the Seattle area

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Classical Music

“Wagnerism” author and New Yorker music critic Alex Ross.

Talking art, politics and ‘Wagnerism’ with New Yorker music critic Alex Ross

Visual Arts

The Meany Center for the Performing Arts will stream an excerpt from “S,” a performance from the Brisbane-based company Circa, on its digital stage, Meany On Screen from Oct. 16 to Oct. 23.

UPDATING: Fall 2020 arts events in the Seattle area

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Bill Schilling, right, returns the pickleball during a recent game with doubles partner George Gallant at Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island. Pickleball is a racquet sport played on a court and created on Bainbridge Island during the mid-1960s. Pickleball is one of America’s fastest growing sports. Photographed on August 13, 2020. 214706

Pickleball began on Bainbridge Island in 1965 as a summertime diversion for bored kids and since has ballooned into a full-fledged sport for all ages

Dance

The Meany Center for the Performing Arts will stream an excerpt from “S,” a performance from the Brisbane-based company Circa, on its digital stage, Meany On Screen from Oct. 16 to Oct. 23.

UPDATING: Fall 2020 arts events in the Seattle area